T-Deck Plus ESP32-S3 915Mhz LORA-89 Ulbox GPS 2.8-inch Display TTGO Development Board Built-in Antenna with ABS Shell

Works as it should, Updated to the latest meshtastic firmware.

Good portable device. Solid design and performance. Works as designed. Good quality, I recommend it. Keep the firmware up to date for bug fixes and new features.

Best stand alone device once you install external antenna. Backlit keyboard by pressing alt-b. Good stuff.

If you get the plus, yo have to manually go into the web app which consists on being local network connection and turning gps on. Otherwise your gps setting won’t work. They don’t tell you that in the manual that you don’t get with it..

Works great. Had to modify for an external antenna. Updated to the newest UI. Would definitely buy another. Also added maps for gps.

This is the perfect form factor for a Meshtastic node. You can still tether to your phone and use the app, but the main appeal here is that this is truly a standalone communication device with no external dependencies. I love the Blackberry-esque form factor. It's supported with the official Meshtastic firmware, which is what I've been running on it. I'm really happy with how well this works.

I was excited about this device, but it was a brick less than 24 hours after first setting it up. I set it up, and connected via Bluetooth. Sadly there were no nodes in my area so I was unable to test it out. I did find nodes nearby, and decided to leave it on a standard 5V/1A charger overnight, and test it the next morning. I picked it up the next morning, and it would not power on. A blue light would flash briefly behind the keyboard, but the screen remained dark. A search online revealed this as a common issue. A faint smell of burnt electrical components was noted. This may be something that an experienced technician with a soldering iron can easily address, but I need more robust options that can at least handle a 5V/1A charger overnight (seems like a pretty low threshold). I returned it, and will continue my search.

I love this thing, still some bugs to fix and features to add you'll be looking forward too. To start, the UI version of meshtastic is awesome with one little irritation. IF you want to bluetooth to the device from your phone to adjust advanced settings you will have to restart it and boot into a different mode by holding the meshtastic icon on the screen while it boots. It disables the UI while bluetooth is active. Other than the lack of multitasking by the core service it runs incredibly smooth, has enough features you won't be bluetoothing too often anyway. The reset button is on the left side, little oversized imo.

Came in good packing and the device is original

Great, very cool bit of kit.

Poor connection to the mesh

Cheap plastic case, with difficult to press keys. Terrible range based on the internal antenna.

Arrived used, with previous users info still loaded.